Gian

bitcoin

First release for sparrow-joinstr v0.1.0 (alpha)

lightning

Decentralized Non-Custodial Bitcoin-LN Bridge via Electrum Swap protocol

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5581276.0

FOSS web interface for Electrum Swaps built on Boltz frontend

Cashiers in China are being replaced by robots

science

NASA’s Curiosity Finds Organic Molecules Never Seen Before on Mars - NASA

news

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NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

France government is replacing 2.5 million Windows desktops with Linux.

The desktop will be based on the police Linux distro, GendBuntu.

The distro includes France's own suite of open-source desktop programs.

GendBuntu: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

Version 4 is a major step forward for Cashu TS: It adds precision-safe amounts across the API, first-class proof serialization utilities, custom mint/melt methods, NUT-29 batch minting, and stronger security and rate-limit handling throughout the stack.

Cashu New Release v4.0.0

A Gemini-Powered Voice Assistant on Arduino UNO Q

Arduino  UNO Q should be set up with network access (Wi-Fi configured via nmcli). You need a Google Gemini API key from Google AI Studio

A production-grade, hands-free AI agent combining Gemini voice, wake word detection, LED animations, and multi-protocol smart home control, all running on a single board.

nostr

Automatically detects old zapstore.yaml config and migrates it! If you have an app you haven't published in a long time, this is the time to publish with the new format

Zapstore 0.4.7 released

Transforms discarded electronics into a playable instrument at the cost of an Arduino and minimal wiring.

Turn Any Device into a Drum Machine / Synth with Arduino

A human ocular disease called persistent ocular hypertensive viral anterior uveitis (POH-VAU) has recently emerged; however, the cause is unclear.

Here we report that POH-VAU is associated with covert mortality nodavirus (CMNV) of aquatic origin. CMNV is prevalent in farmed and wild aquatic animals worldwide
[https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/38718585/eye-virus-raw-fish-blindness-fear/](https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/38718585/eye-virus-raw-fish-blindness-fear/)

Aquatic Virus Causes Eye Infections in Humans, First Confirmed in China

Music

Afrika Bambaataa Dead at 67

Bitchat pulled from the China app store

nostr-vpn is a Rust workspace for a Tailscale-style mesh VPN control plane built on Nostr signaling and userspace WireGuard. It includes the nvpn CLI plus a Tauri/Svelte app codebase that targets desktop and mobile platforms.

Nostr-vpn

Electrum 4.7.2 new release

Virginia teenager Mia Heller’s filtration system harnesses the power of ferrofluid, a magnetic oil that binds to microplastics in flowing water